Inside every home there are water drainage lines, which carry gray water and wastewater out of our homes. Drain cleaning to keep these lines clean and flowing is critical to a healthy home. Too often, people ignore their drains until something goes wrong. But by then, the bacteria-filled dirty water has soaked your floors, maybe your walls, and the damage is done.

Check your pipes!

As with many areas of home repair, preventing these occurrences through property maintenance is the best way for residents to keep their home and family healthy and avoid unexpected repairs. Pipes throughout your home take wastewater from your house, under the house, through the yard, and finally into your septic system or city sewer connection. It is important to keep these plumbing lines clean and drains flowing well.

When drain lines work well, water flows quickly, right down the drain. Eventually, however, these drain lines become clogged with a buildup of food, grease, soap scum, hair, and even junk that falls down the drain.

At the first sign of a slow drain, you should call a drain cleaning specialist. This specialist can use the right tools and chemicals to keep drains clean, without damaging pipes or fixtures. Even a simple clog in the sink can cause severe flooding, which can damage drywall.

Such flooding is generally not covered by homeowners insurance. However, a qualified professional plumber can unclog your drains and repair any plumbing problems very quickly.

The benefits of proper maintenance

Preventive maintenance is even more effective; Regular household drain cleaning can prevent these drains from clogging, breeding bacteria and eventually flooding homes. For the best prevention, homeowners should have bathtub, shower, and sink drains cleaned by a professional once a year.

Clogs don’t just happen in drains that go directly from plumbing fixtures, but in larger sewer lines as well. Plumbing fixture lines connect to larger plumbing sewer lines that run under the house and then out into the yard. These lines often get blocked by tree roots, causing sewage to flow back into the home, usually through floor drains, on the lower level of the home.

This can be a serious problem, particularly for older, established neighborhoods where large trees with long-reaching, established root systems are common.

Fortunately, with this type of blockage, professional drain cleaners can help, sending a rotating blade, called a snake, into the sewer lines, freeing trapped accumulated debris and removing tree roots from the lines.

Catch the clogs early!

When it comes to drain lines in home plumbing systems, preventing serious clogs and clogs is the best strategy, and proper maintenance can help.

When a clog is caught early, an inexpensive plumbing repair can remove the clog, restore free flow to your wastewater system, and ensure your home remains free of sewage, keeping you and your family dry and healthy.